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Captain Mike Miller of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office wants to see the strides made under the two sheriffs he has served under move forward and he wants to build even stronger ties with the community in the days ahead.

Theodore Moberg, 40, of Vinton was arrested Jan. 11 in connection with an ongoing investigation by the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children.

Investigators from the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Bedford Police Department, arrested Moberg on charges of computer solicitation and indecent liberties with a minor.
According to the sheriff’s office, this is an ongoing investigation and anyone with information on the case is asked to call ICAC at 434-534-9521.

Bedford’s fire department celebrated 130 years Saturday. The volunteer fire department was first formed in 1888 after a devastating fire, which destroyed most of Bedford’s business area, demonstrated the need.

Sheriff Mike Brown is 76, but age is not why he’s retiring. Brown said his health is good. He also said the department is strong.

“The department is on a high level,” he said. He said the vice unit — which has a focus on drugs and gangs — is one of the best in the state. The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force has 21 officers looking for sexual predators and the unit has a 100 percent conviction rate for people it has arrested. It’s all paid for with money from federal grants.

Despite winter being upon us, hearty watersports lovers continue their pursuits on our lake. But extra caution is required since getting immersed in the cold water, even for relatively short periods, can be life-threatening. As we write, SML’s surface water is 46 degrees (F) with some ice forming in coves on cold nights.

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors held its organizational meeting Monday night. The supervisors chose District 5 Supervisor Tommy Scott as chairman and District 6 Supervisor Andy Dooley as vice chairman.
During the meeting, the supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the town’s application for a grant to design and build an Amtrak passenger station in Bedford. The resolution does not obligate the county to spend any money.

A 27-year-old Bedford man, accused of sexually assaulting a 3-month-old infant, was denied bond during a hearing Friday in Bedford Circuit Court.
Judge James Updike denied bond for Coleman Isaiah Ramsey, who is charged with four felonies including two counts of indecent liberties, one count of aggravated sexual battery and one count of forcible sodomy.
He could face up to life in prison on the charges.

One of the great truths about this crazed and unprecedented regime in the Oval Office has been expressed in a phrase you see sometimes on bumper stickers: “Elect a Clown; Expect a Circus.”
Yes, he is a clown and it is a circus. Now, though, with the longest government shutdown in our history, and people not getting paychecks, he’s starting to cause real damage that people can feel in their everyday lives. And he will pay the price for that.

As a high school English teacher, I would periodically receive that term paper or essay that was so completely illogical and off target that my red pen felt like drying up on the spot. My red pen has curled up in a ball after the first few lines of the anti-ERA diatribe written by Janet Robey.
Where to start?